---
type: "Bill"
title: "River Basins Advisory Commissions."
description: "River Basins Advisory Commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "North Carolina SB 859 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BLANK BILL", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "WATEREE RIVER", "CATAWBA RIVER", "YADKIN RIVER", "PEE DEE RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "CATAWBA RIVER ADVISORY COMN.", "YADKIN RIVER ADVISORY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632087a3-b3b5-4609-bf23-4979d2822bf6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S859&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9dba40a881f1bf7a0c5e13c76af6dbad3ddbec6bea6afc738c9394df46a33069"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 859 (2003) — River Basins Advisory Commissions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S859v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-07-09** Ch. SL 2004-83 `became-law`
- **2004-07-09** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-06-30** Ratified
- **2004-06-29** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2004
- **2004-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2004
- **2004-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-16** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-16** Rec From Senate
- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
- **2003-07-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-06-12** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/632087a3-b3b5-4609-bf23-4979d2822bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).